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Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital for what the South African
presidency described as a “scheduled medical check-up”, months after he
underwent treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.

“Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital in Pretoria this
afternoon, 9 March 2013, for a scheduled medical check-up to manage the
existing conditions in line with his age,” said the presidential spokesman,
Mac Maharaj, in a statement.

“Doctors are conducting tests and have thus far indicated that there is no
cause for any alarm,” he added.